Vinny Ten on Having The Worlds Fastest 350Z, Building VQ Engines, and the Supra Comeback

In todays episode we sit with Vinny Ten who breaks down the worlds fastest 350Z and explains how he builds record setting VQ engines for extreme horsepower and reliability. He also covers the return of his legendary Toyota Supra to competitive drag racing and the future of drag racing

Vinny Ten Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinnytenracing

00:00 Intro

05:18 First Veilside Supra In America

06:41 Vinny’s Belief In Opening Up A Import Performance Shop

08:06 Vinny’s Experience With Motorcycles

09:13 First Supra Boost Controllers

10:07 Creating The First Parts For Imports In The Early Days

12:35 Vinny’s Nissan Dealership Race Car

18:16 How Vinny Crashed His Supra

23:35 How The Pro Import Class Started

27:27 The First 1000HP Supra

30:15 How Vinny Ten Paved The Way For Supras

33:04 Titan Motorsports Vs Vinny Ten

35:10 Getting a Car Into The 5s Based On Chassis

39:58 The 6.33 Run

52:12 The VR38 Will Be King In The Next Few Years

01:03:57 C16 Race Fuel Is King

01:05:34 High Horsepower With Factory Intake Manifold

01:09:47 Fox body VR38 Swap

01:11:46 Imports Have Proved Themselves

01:13:53 Nissan Connecting Rods Weakness

01:19:03 The Cons of the VR30

01:22:13 Why BMWs Have Taken Over

01:25:57 Why They Used The VR30 In The New Nissan Z

01:38:58 Ford Copied Nissan

01:41:03 The Best Way To Deal With Copycats

01:44:18 Sacrifices Made In Racing

01:47:44 Vinny Ten Designed The Ram Style Intake Manifold

01:53:36 Single Turbo vs Twin Turbo

02:06:21 Building a VQ35

02:09:02 VQ35 Cylinder Heads

02:10:50 Whats The Best VQ Engine To Build

02:12:35 Why Vinny Chose a DE engine Instead of HR

02:13:35 Sleeving Blocks

02:15:53 VR38 Blocks Cracking

02:19:07 The Cost of Running a Shop In NY

02:24:17 Shops Doing Bad Work For Customers

01:53:36 Single Turbo vs Twin Turbo

02:06:21 Building a VQ35

02:09:02 VQ35 Cylinder Heads

02:10:50 Whats The Best VQ Engine To Build

02:12:35 Why Vinny Chose a DE engine Instead of HR

02:13:35 Sleeving Blocks

02:15:53 VR38 Blocks Cracking

02:19:07 The Cost of Running a Shop In NY

02:24:17 Shops Doing Bad Work For Customers

02:41:55 VR30 Engine

02:44:15 Port Injection On VR30

02:47:56 VR38 Manifold Fitting on A VQ35HR

02:49:23 VK56 Engine

02:56:37 Is Drag Racing Dying?

03:08:25 Manufacturers Not Sponsoring Cars In America

03:17:59 Worlds Fastest 350z

03:19:23 The Return of The Vinny Ten Supra

03:23:42 Are Flame Tunes Bad?

03:31:01 Tuning Cars At Vinny Ten

03:33:22 EPA Ruining The Car Culture

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